Hat-securing device.



Patented May 4, 1915.

Invera' aw we iiifiaia a yenient breadth and thickness andnf su t OLE M. DAHL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-SECURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4:, 1915.

Application filed June 5, 1914. Serial No. 843281.

specification, like characters 011 the draw ings representing like parts.

article of manufacture, .aniimprov fo'rsecuring a hat to the head lVhile my myention is partic g tion with mens hats. a n

In the (liaWlIlgOfOIlG embodiment qt my invention selected for description and llus- M. DAHL, a. citipositions, I have provided a band locking member 5 which may be of any desired material, as metal, and is preferably fashioned into a more or less ornamentalrform tube come an ornament is ,f 13f: outer ends of the posts are}: -1" 8 C8l YQCl in the [longitudinal slot (3 of the band locking mem- 5: 7 The slot 6, see l? I b may be as long as i -necessary and herein. extends substantially the length of the member The l 'in'er 'e'dgeof' this slot is provided with a series tration herein; Figure 1 is a .x iewfoif the under side of the crown-of a Womans hat of conventional -f0rm, showingniy improved securing means in position thereon, the Hat edge being shown in parallel dotted line and the outline of the head represented by asingle' dotted line; Fig. 2,: a detail of the locking and adjusting means. and showmg left and on an enlarged scale.

of post' -engaging teeth or serrations 7 iniidapt 2 ed for use in connection witliwomenls hats, it may also be used toadvantage' irr connec-f fillets tlierebetiveen, su1iplying{convenient seats :forthe posts 3 iyhich may bemade oi a"'size .to snugl therein. By means "of these teeth or SL1 rationsQthje p'osts i may be positionedat will relat vely to each other in the slot 3. and.thus the ciic-xim'terential dimension nin hane l be lessened or in greased as desired to fitoneshead.

For retainnigthe. posts securely in ad Justed posit-ion. I-llilYQ pro ided a post reminin member 8. as a spring for instance,

the latter asit appears imposition on an' article of headwear, a portion of said article l'iy invention, as illust ated, see Fig. 1,"

comprises a flexible, preferably resilient,

head engaging member; as a handil of con 1 ator near eachof its ends is provided. \t'ith a laterally'ektended post-iimsee liigs Land -ing niad'e ot-such length securedat-its ends to the member Band, see Figs; 1 3, bearing normally on the uijper edges-of the posts and acting thereby to holdthemin propeladjusted. position but permitting them, however; to be moved at will by flexing the spring.

The manner of iisingmy imigrored hat securing means isas follows The band 1 be- 7 at it" by means of. the locking'member niay be'adjusted to iit any head Within certain limits, is fitst 3. which posts carry each a headid. which may be of any desired contignration and" 45 preferably somewhat ornamental. These posts may be "secured to theband ends in any preferred manner, as by being extended therethrough and headed over. The heads 4: may also be secured to the posts 3 by extending the posts therethrough and heading them over. the posts being made 01" some suitable. relatively soft metal for that purpose, so that they may be readily headed over by any one with an ordinary srn-ili hammer. For engaging the opposite on of the band 1, and locking them in adju...

s ed securethto theinside of the lower portion of the crown of the hat. adjacent the rim l1,-'dottedi;lings l. by any suitable means. as for instance. a loop fi ivhich may be fs ecured" to the inside of the rim of the hat at or near the back ldhPI'edf. The two ends of the member 1 are then thrust through vertical slots 10 at or near the 0pposite end of the hat 12, indicated by dot ted lines Fig. l; the posts 3 are next thrust through the slot 6 in the member 5. see Fig. :2, and the heads 4- 'positioiied on the outer ends oi the posts 3 which posts are then headed over, as by a ten: taps of a small hammer. as desired. thus securely fastening the heads -l thereon. The band having been thus secured to the hat as iiiescrihcd, the hat may be placed upon the headand the posts with the head.

3 drawn "toward each other in th e slot 6 by the fingers, until the band is sufliciently' tight about the-head to hold the hatsecurely thereon. The posts are then each droppedbehind one of the teeth or serrations 7, the

spring 8 acting to hold themther'ein. I To re move the hat it is necessa only to release the posts 3 from their positions behind the teeth 7 and. permit the band I to 1 spring open and thus release itself from contact I havefound that by theuse of this device the hat may be securely fastened to they head without inconvenience] and withoutthe the hat and therefore are not ada ted ifor' use ashat securing members. Fhrt ermore,

bother ofhat pins which, throughextended' use, perforate. the hat with a multitude of thrust .into the head by mistake.

when madeunnecessarily long. are a constant source of danger to others.

I am aware-that adjustable -hat -sweat' bands have been constructed for use uponv menfs hats, but these. are net hatsecuring members and moreover are adhpted' for use in connect onwith Momens hats. These they are adjustable only from the inside of my'improved device is so constnucted asto hai'e little or noresemblance to a mechanic'al device and is, therefore. not objectionable in appearance, but is on thecantrary, ornamental. My improved securing device as described tion without departin is inexpensive .to make and therefore it may be fitted to thehat and left thereon, it being convenient to have one on each hat and thus avoid the necessity of removing-it from 1 and subse uently replacing it'on the hat.

Obvious y many detail changes may be made in the vforegoing described construcfrom the spirit of my invention and wit in the scope of the following claims.

Claims- 1. As a new articlemf securing device comprising a head engagin band provided ateach end with a post, a ocking' member for said band ends provided with a slot for said posts, post engaga 5 ockin member wherein'g means on one edpe of the slot,fpost retaining means on the by the posts may be locke in 3 osition on the locking member at will, and t eefiective length of the band thereby determined. 2. The combination of an article of headwear with an e rpansible headencircling and engaging band substantially all within the article of headwear, the ends onlyi'of the band extended through relativel adjacent apertures in the article of. hea w means entirely without said article and en devices have usually'been constructed so that gaging'the band ends for ad'u'stin'g 'the circumferential dimension of t e head engagcopies or this patent may be obtained'llor five cents each; the Commissioner ofht ents.

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